Klippan, Scania Explained

Official Name:Klippan
Pushpin Map:Sweden Skåne#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Klippan Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Skåne County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Skåne
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5.0
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:8,116
Population Density Km2:1623
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:56.1344°N 13.1283°W

Klippan (literally the Cliff) is a locality and the seat of Klippan Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 8,116 inhabitants in 2010.

The famous liberal economist Bertil Ohlin was a native of Klippan.On September 1995, a young man named Gerard Gbeyo was reportedly murdered within the town by 2 Nazi sympathizers.[2]

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Klippan:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. https://bra.se/download/18.cba82f7130f475a2f1800028346/1371914734873/2000_manifestations_of_racism.pdf